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Trekking & Mountaineering
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The ideal trekking month stretch from April to November; no special permits are required tough registration with the nearest tourist
office is necessary. The state affords some spectacular contrasts in nature with its alpine pastures, barren wasteland and rugged
mountains. Srinagar is a good take off point for trekking in the kasmeer valley or in zanskar (by road to kargil ). In the ladakh
region, leh is the best point for base camp.
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| Mountaineering |
Sevreal mountain ranges through the state of jammu & kasmeer
among them pir panjal, great Himalayas, zanskar, ladakh,karakoram. Climbing in these Himalayas can be very stimulating and typically
an expedition can take a month, srinagar to srinagar. Rich in flora and fauna, the summits of most peaks are an exhilarating experience
and from a top them, one can look beyond to neighboring countries Pakistan and Tibet.
off sonamarg are the lesser peaks kolahoi (5,425m) and harmukh (5,148).these are peaks one can get to quickly making an alpine ascent.
similary the peaks in the kishwar region are not too high but offer technically difficult climbing with many challenging faces and
ridges. Some are still virgin peaks. The popular peaks are sickle moon 6,575m, riger 6,001m, brammah –I 6,41m,crooked finger
5,630m, arjuna 6,230m, katori 6,138m, and flat top 6,100m.in the zanskar region are the fomous peaks of nun 7,135m, and kun 7,077m.
around these are white needle 6,500m, pinnacle 6,930m,and z-16,400m, these peaks are located at the headof the shafat glacier.
The z series also cluster around the durung drung glacier which is visible from the pensita. In the ladakh region are the stock
kangri 6,153m, parcha kangri 6,065m and kanglcha 6,400m. more recently peaks in the restricted area of the nubra valley in the
Indian karakorams have olso been opened to foreigners and Indian.
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